- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Being pregnant is scary and having any type of anxiety makes it tough. What your going through is difficult but stay strong for your baby and try and be calm. You can do this!
You’re therapist is right, it’s something to be actually concerned about and isn’t OCD. However having real issues like this can spike OCD because a lot of the relief from that comes from being able to tell yourself, it isn’t a “real” issue. Also anxiety in general makes OCD worse, so although it isn’t an initial OCD problem it still correlates with having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. So it’s definitely something that can be talked about on here. Sending prayers and positive thoughts your way ??
Thanks @Cat_attack. I am definitely feeling as if my OCD could be triggered by this. I also have a diagnosis of PTSD due to the complications in my last pregnancy so that is definitely a factor at play as well. I really think where the OCD is coming in is that I’m worried about the implications of missing work for these appointments and I’m concerned that I’m “overreacting.” I don’t want reassurance about these things. Just want to share that I do think OCD is trying to take advantage of this vulnerable moment.
Thanks Courtney!
I've never been diagnosed with OCD, but have thought for a long time that I do have it. I've tried to bring it up in therapy but have been shot down as "OCD tendencies". Luckily I'm with a new therapist and am planning to bring it up again. Especially after reading a lot of your posts, I'm really resonating with them. Especially my anxieties and obsessions with my health. God forbid I feel any weird pain or ache, I instantly think I'm dying. Sometimes I get a weird pain in my head and think it's a stroke or aneurysm. Ill go as far as the perform the stroke FAST test. This happens multiple times a day. I also have HUGE anxieties about death and my mortality. If I think about it too much, I get this deep cold pit in my stomach and spiral. Even talking about it causes me sooo much distress. I'm just worried I'll be dismissed or told I'm just self diagnosing because I related to a post online. But if any of this sounds accurate, please let me know. I'd love to be reassured of my obsessions rather than just dismissed as being anxious.
So I’m not sure how many/if any of you are Christians, but I’m assuming this can still make sense to some of you. This morning has been rough. I’m constantly thinking, “am I saved? Have I never been saved and I’m tricking myself into thinking I am? When I’m listening to Christian music am I doing for the right reasons? Is it too late for me?”. Things I know the truthful answers to but yet I still think these thoughts. I don’t understand why. Why do I constantly think about these “what if”’s? My heart always feels so heavy and I feel as if I need to talk to God right then and there to make it stop and go away. But then am I talking to the Lord for the wrong reasons? And the cycle repeats. Thankfully, day one of my therapy is tonight and I’m hoping to find at least a little clarity on this stuff. I’ve had OCD for 7 years and I don’t even know how it works. Any advice?
I want to rip out my uterus. Only my hormones can make my OCD and ability to manage it go back to square one. I am spiraling *so* hard. I cannot breathe. My PMDD is going crazy. I’m having a panic attack again. I feel so scared. The POCD is going absolutely insane right now. It feels undeniably real, and my mind keeps drifting to those awful thoughts and what feels like exploring them?? but I can’t for the life of me stop some of these compulsions right now. I was trying to watch something to get my mind off of this but ended up getting triggered twice, so my anxiety is a 10 and I can’t seem to calm down. This panic attack is tuned all the way up.
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